Posted on 03/28/2007 3:23:24 AM PDT by drzz
PARIS, France (AP) -- France's opposition Socialists accused conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy of worsening tension between youths and police on Wednesday after clashes at a Paris train station overnight.
Local officials said the eight-hour long confrontation at the Gare du Nord was sparked when police arrested a 33-year old man who attacked staff who had asked him to show his ticket.
Youths at the station, which is a hub for trains to suburbs north of Paris, said police had manhandled the suspect and broken his hand. Hundreds of youths threw flower pots and bottles at police, shouting "Sarkozy hypocrite".
Police used tear-gas to disperse the youths. Thirteen people were arrested.
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Douce France...
FOR THE FOURTH TIME TODAY.
Make that FIFTH. (To go along with the Fifth Republic?).
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If by some off-chance you're into this....
hey I guess we enjoy this too much...
To see the cowards having a good lesson...
Sarkozy, who stepped down as interior minister on Monday to focus on his campaign, rejected the criticism.
"Shall we say it's the fault of police when someone starts a fight when they are asked for their ticket?" he said.
"I am not the interior minister. And I don't know what happened in detail. But the principal is that you cannot declare someone right who wants to pass without ticket and who beats a police officer," he told France Info radio.
I think Sarkozy is confused. These people are LIBERALS. They can and do say any damn thing they want, no matter how ridiculous. And the media eats it up.
Ah, the famous French youths. Would this bunch of youths be Quackers, Visigoths or attendees at a Star Trek convention?
Yes, the large riots of last year were for that purpose. But this riot was to make a larger claim involving area's beyond those Islamic suburbs of Paris.
"...the station, which is a hub for trains to suburbs north of Paris..."
This riot was to claim Muslim exception to French dhimmis applying their laws to Muslim anywhere in France.
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